GeForce/ION Driver Release 256

Version:

258.96 WHQL

Release Date:

2010.07.19

Operating System:

Windows 7, Windows Vista

Language:

English (U.S.)

File Size:

94.3
MB

Release Highlights

Supported products

Additional information

This is a WHQL-certified release from the Release 256 family of drivers (versions 256.xx to 259.xx). This driver package supports GeForce 6, 7, 8, 9, 100, 200, 300, and 400-series desktop GPUs as well as ION desktop GPUs. Learn more about Release 256 drivers
here
.

Adds additional performance increases for GeForce GTX 400 Series GPUs in several PC games (these improvements are in addition to the previously reported Release 256 improvements). The following are examples of some of the most significant improvements measured with GeForce GTX 480. Results will vary depending on your GPU and system configuration:

Includes numerous bug fixes. Refer to the release notes on the documentation tab for information about the key bug fixes in this release.

Users without US English operating systems can select their language and download the International driver
here.

New in Release 256 Drivers

Adds support for Blu-ray 3D with NVIDIA 3D Vision technology. Learn more about the hardware and software requirements
here
.

Increases performance for GeForce GTX 400 Series GPUs in several PC games. The following are examples of some of the most significant improvements measured with GeForce GTX 480. Results will vary depending on your GPU and system configuration:

Supports the new version of MotionDSP's video enhancement software, vReveal, which adds support for HD output. NVIDIA customers can download a free version of vReveal that supports up to SD output
here
.

Supports
DirectCompute
with Windows 7 and GeForce 8-series and later GPUs.